Weingarten equation
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]They were established in 1861 by the German mathematician Julius Weingarten.
Noun
[edit]Weingarten equation (plural Weingarten equations)
- (mathematics) Any of a group of equations giving the expansion of the derivative of the unit normal vector to a surface in terms of the first derivatives of the position vector of a point on the surface.